News Release

INDIANAPOLIS, Apr 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) announced today it will
hold a conference call to discuss financial results for the first
quarter of 2012. The conference call will be held Thursday, April 26,
2012, at 11:30 a.m. EDT.

"Strong revenue performance by our Frontier Airlines division will lead
us to report financial results above the highest end of the range given
in our last conference call for the first quarter of 2012," said Tim
Dooley, Republic's chief financial officer.

This call will be webcast by Thomson/Reuters and can be accessed at
Republic Airways Holdings' website at rjet.com.
For those wishing to participate, please call 866-770-7129 (for
international calls, please dial 617-213-8067); the password is
78431203. To listen to a telephone replay of the webcast call 888
286.8010 and use password 92155112. For international telephone replay,
call 617-801-6888 and use the same password. The replay will be
available from April 25 at 4:00 p.m. ET through May 2, 2012.

The webcast also will be distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents
Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at earnings.com,
Thomson's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents.
Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com),
a password-protected event management site.

Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana is an airline
holding company that owns Chautauqua Airlines, Frontier Airlines,
Republic Airlines and Shuttle America, collectively "the airlines." The
airlines offer scheduled passenger service on nearly 1,500 flights daily
to 134 cities in 43 states, The Bahamas, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Jamaica, and Mexico under branded operations at Frontier, and
through fixed-fee airline services agreements with five major U.S.
airlines. The fixed-fee flights are operated under an airline partner
brand, such as AmericanConnection, Continental Express, Delta
Connection, United Express, and US Airways Express. The airlines
currently employ approximately 10,000 aviation professionals and operate
267 aircraft.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Republic Airways
Holdings's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of
such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ
from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the summary
of risk factors contained in our earnings release.

SOURCE: Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.

Republic Airways HoldingsIR Contact:Margaret Miller,
317-246-2628

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding Republic
Airways Holdings's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such
risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those
contained in the forward-looking statements, see the summary of risk factors contained
in our earnings release.